Amazon
Sr. Technical Program Manager, Device OS
Amazon, Sunnyvale, California, United States, 94087
Sr. Technical Program Manager, Device OS
Job ID: 2747464 | Amazon.com Services LLCAmazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?Key job responsibilities
The right candidate should possess a strong program management background, have experience leading large/complex/cross-Org. projects, build trust with stakeholders, and have a well-rounded technical background.As a Sr. Technical Program Manager, your responsibilities will include writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, managing the production launch for a product/feature, and using metrics to provide status along the way. You will lead and coordinate design and implementation efforts, coordinating across multiple teams to develop optimal solutions. You will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, destroy limits to scale, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives while rolling up your sleeves to get the job done. This role will require high judgement on how we can deliver for customers in both the short- and long-term.A day in the life
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will:Work with key stakeholders in product management and executive teams to define strategy and requirements.Use your leadership abilities to drive cross functional development on new solutions from design through delivery.Work with remote teams to deliver supporting software and services in sync with launch timelines.Communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control.About the team
The Device OS team is a big part of creating the innovative devices at Lab126. The Device OS team is responsible for the board bring up, low level software, operating system, core framework feature development, and end-to-end system functions, such as power/performance/Stability, that bring the devices to life. The software built by the Device OS team runs on many Amazon devices such as Fire Tablets, Fire Sticks, Fire TV Cubes, Fire TVs, and many more.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience3+ years of technical product or program management experience3+ years of software development experience3+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experienceExperience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedulesPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experienceExperience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedulesExperience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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Job ID: 2747464 | Amazon.com Services LLCAmazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?Key job responsibilities
The right candidate should possess a strong program management background, have experience leading large/complex/cross-Org. projects, build trust with stakeholders, and have a well-rounded technical background.As a Sr. Technical Program Manager, your responsibilities will include writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, managing the production launch for a product/feature, and using metrics to provide status along the way. You will lead and coordinate design and implementation efforts, coordinating across multiple teams to develop optimal solutions. You will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, destroy limits to scale, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives while rolling up your sleeves to get the job done. This role will require high judgement on how we can deliver for customers in both the short- and long-term.A day in the life
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will:Work with key stakeholders in product management and executive teams to define strategy and requirements.Use your leadership abilities to drive cross functional development on new solutions from design through delivery.Work with remote teams to deliver supporting software and services in sync with launch timelines.Communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control.About the team
The Device OS team is a big part of creating the innovative devices at Lab126. The Device OS team is responsible for the board bring up, low level software, operating system, core framework feature development, and end-to-end system functions, such as power/performance/Stability, that bring the devices to life. The software built by the Device OS team runs on many Amazon devices such as Fire Tablets, Fire Sticks, Fire TV Cubes, Fire TVs, and many more.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience3+ years of technical product or program management experience3+ years of software development experience3+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experienceExperience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedulesPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experienceExperience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedulesExperience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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